Sexual wellness advocates are starting to change conversations and attitudes around sex.

Actor/activist Mariska Hargitay, CNN news anchor Fredricka Whitfield, IndiJ Public Media president/CEO Karen Lincoln Michel, disability rights activist/author Emily Ladau, cultural critic/English professor Koritha Mitchell, and Global Justice Center president Akila Radhakrishnan were honored as “champions for women.”

New York, New York — THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2023 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on October 19^th at the Whitby Hotel in New York City. The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2023 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: Mariska Hargitay, Fredricka Whitfield, Karen Lincoln Michel, Emily Ladau, Koritha Mitchell, and Akila Radhakrishnan.

New research confirms that journalists who are pregnant or mothers are fighting against some of the same injustices that women reporters faced decades ago.

“The Dobbs ruling is further accelerating an existing crisis, putting pregnant people at even greater risk of arrest, prosecution, and conviction.”

Advocates continue to push for policy changes to help low-income workers, including minimum wage increases and improved access to child care and to family and medical leave.

The blockbuster film, with ticket sales of $1.4 billion worldwide, is the highest-grossing movie ever directed solely by a woman.